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The new game, Super Street Fighter IV, aims to build on the foundation laid by this year’s SFIV by adding new content that includes more playable characters, improved online features, and rebalanced characters.

. While Capcom had initially considered making SSFIV’s content a download pack of some kind, it became clear that just tacking the new content onto the old game wasn’t going to be possible. As a result, SSFIV will be released as a stand-alone disc that won’t be sold at full price. But, the producer explained, before you get rid of your SFIV disc, be advised that SSFIV will offer current SFIV owners a bonus that Capcom isn’t revealing at this time.

T. Hawk and his mighty typhoon grapples return in Super Street Fighter IV.

This is what you can expect from the new game: Super Street Fighter IV will offer a mix of content that’s directly related to the Street Fighter community’s feedback about Street Fighter IV, as well as content the team had originally planned to add in a future installment after wrapping up SFIV. The topic of new characters was an area where fans and the development team were both in sync. As a result, the game’s original roster of 25 characters is being bumped up by roughly eight new playable characters. Our demo showed off two of them: a brand-new, original female character named Juri; and the returning character T. Hawk, who originally debuted in Super Street Fighter II. The remaining additions to the roster are still up in the air, and Ono stated that although the team is currently planning for eight additional characters, that number may change based on the course of development, as well as fan feedback now that word on the game is out. The current plan is to pull in more classic characters, as well as toss some new ones into the mix. From the sound of it, exactly how many classic characters versus how many new characters make it in still hasn’t been finalized and may change, depending on fan feedback–so it’ll be interesting to see the final lineup. It’s also safe to assume that there will be new background stages for the new characters as well, although we didn’t see any in our demo.